Catching your eye

I figured we needed a place to just chat about future releases and games catching your eye. For me personally the game I want to get my hands on is Prey. It's unlike any fps I've ever seen, the weaponry, levels and genre innovations are unique, it all looks stunning and there's some serious enemy AI gone into the mix by all accounts. You can download a stunning minute long trailer here: http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/downloads/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=36999&subsectionid=1624

Personally I'm looking forward to star wars battlefront 2 but also I've found out that it's coming out on psp so i'm planning on getting a psp and battlefront 2

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Absolutely at the top of my list, the trailer looks insanely good - all the new additions like being able to fly from your carrier to the enemy's, get out and just start fighting is staggering. Throw in being able to play as Jedi or Sith, more levels, the chance to kill Anakin (hopefully in Ep 1) and I can't wait.

Also waiting on Spore for PC, looks like a life-consuming game and something I will get round to writing an article on sometime in the near future.

Black and Okami are great calls, also The Warriors, SSX on Tour (although I wasn't a huge fan of 3), STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, Shadow of the Colossus and Resi 4 - it looks like being an expensive lead up to Xbox 360

I don't know if it's coming to NA on the DS, but I hope to someday download Nintendo's Jump Superstars onto Revolution. It's like Smash Bros. only with characters from a good half of the anime industry (as in various titles from Shonen Jump like Rurouni Kenshin, Naruto, Dragonball, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure etc)

I'd love to play a proper vr game(if i'm stil alive), but also what I think would be great is a free roaming rpg set in a vast map (to the same theme but bigger than monster hunter's)With no set storyline. the idea is that you pick a theme or a sort of guideline but with no set objectives, you create your own with what you choose to do with the game e.g if you pick a theme where for example there might be one main ruler you may choose to go on an all out vendetta to overthrow him/her/it or mabye join him/her/it. I think that this would be great because there would be no end to the game. I no that it is seriously doubtful that this would ever happen but I think it may be possible to be made.

I'd love to play a proper vr game(if i'm stil alive), but also what I think would be great is a free roaming rpg set in a vast map (to the same theme but bigger than monster hunter's)With no set storyline. the idea is that you pick a theme or a sort of guideline but with no set objectives, you create your own with what you choose to do with the game e.g if you pick a theme where for example there might be one main ruler you may choose to go on an all out vendetta to overthrow him/her/it or mabye join him/her/it. I think that this would be great because there would be no end to the game. I no that it is seriously doubtful that this would ever happen but I think it may be possible to be made.

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You're making me feel guilty, Dean! I haven't played Monster Hunter in quite some time and I'm still on the level four missions. I'll get back into it soon, I hope.

Oh, and we have a place for inventing new games; it's here (be good to get that up and going again). Check it out (cool idea, kinda similar to one of the ones I put up).

Fahrenheit - the demo was great fun, and from what I've read the full game is superb. Although whether you can describe is as a 'game' is a whole other debate. I'm immediately interested in anything that improves the writing/narrative standard of computer games, though (and, god knows, it needs improving). Only got one more week to wait, which is rather exciting!

Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion - it's Elder Scrolls. It looks like Morrowind with the rubbishy bits taken out or fixed, and the amazing bits made even more incredible. Oh, and it also has Patrick Stewart's voice. Need I say more?

Half Life 2: Aftermath/episodes - Aftermath and the supposed 'every 3 months' sequel 'episodes' have the potential to be every bit as good as the main game. The concept of releasing new episodes in the story every 3 months-or-so intrigues me - the idea of much shorter gameplay, but far more focused and of higher quality and emotion, is one that I've been advocating for years now. Looks like Valve can finally start moving down the road, thanks to Steam.

X3 - X2 was a near-masterpiece, but nobbled by appalling cutscenes, a bizarre menu system and a few rough edges. Hopefully X3 will retain all the greatness while fixing everything else.